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Everything posted by Diogenes
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man i try to be patient and keep a level head about this but even i'm starting to get antsy waiting for some "real" nintendo news.
a 3rd party mini-direct that's like half rhythm/music games just does not scratch the itch
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yeah i mean the pandemic is the obvious reason why, it's hard to really fault anyone. doesn't make it any easier to be a fan, but hey, less mario games is definitely one of the less serious problems out there these days
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just finished replaying sticker star. honestly? i can't really call it a good game, but i still had some solid fun with it. its biggest problem is just that it doesn't communicate well, leading to a lot of running around and wasting time. no indication of what thing stickers you need and when, inconsistent indications that you need to paperize and place a sticker or pull something off, hidden blocks that are necessary to progress but have no indication of their existence...it gets to the point where you really ought to play with a guide nearby to save yourself the trouble.
that and a few other issues aside though, it has its moments. some fun setpieces, some clever puzzles, the battle system's mostly fine. there are worse ways i could've spent my time.
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yeah the forest is definitely the low point of the game. decent concept but it drags on for far too long and it's got some of the game's most annoying "tricks".
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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I have no guilt in playing with a guide Many may nag at Nintendo for being a little too hand-holdy with how it guides players through their recent games, but here it just feels like it slaps your hand down at any moment you'd consider lending it out to it. Putting characterization aside, what makes Kertsi fail as a fairy helper when other Nintendo fairy helpers did right, including her own predecessors and successors: She only provides commentary rather than hints, even when the Zelda fairies get very disruptive when they chime in against your will, they're there for advice when you do need it. Asides from basic tutorials towards the begging, Kerti does not even have that. But she's only one of several other ways SS lacks in pointing you in the right direction, never mind forcing you towards it.
Even when going blind, I was a little savvy about this. I decided to go through the forest before the desert, so I got exposed to the shit show the game gets known for early on. You have to get to the end of the first world to unlock it, but otherwise most backtracking is limited to the forest world itself. There's no EXP to hold me back from going out of order anyway.
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